Flying machine



July 12,1927. I 1,635,364

- J. F. HAUSSMANN FLYING MACHINE Filed Aug. 25. 1926 Patented July 12, 1927.

UNITED ST Jornv r. HA'USSMANN, or MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin, ASSIGN'OR or own-room iro cnnrsr a RUSCH AND ONE-FOURTH TO DANIEL w; norm, Born or mnwauma,

WISCONSIN.

- FLYING macnnm.

Application filed August 25, 1926., Serial No. 131,385.

Further objects are to provide a machine which combines in itself the property of the 15 helicopter for direct rising and of the usual type of aeroplane for gliding or straightaway travel. v

Further objects are to provide a novel form of flying machine which is more com- 20 pact than the usual types of machines and which can be made to hover or justbalance itself in the air if desired.

An embodiment of the invention isshown in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a front view of the machine.

Figure 2 is a vertical sectional view.

The drawing is intended to be somewhat diagrammatic to illustrate the general principles of the machine.

Referring to the drawing, it Will be seen that the machine comprises a base 1 provided with a plurality of supporting wheels 2. From this base uprights 3 project and carry a top plane or wing 4. I5 The motive power is supplied by the engineor motor 5 mounted centrally and forwardly of the base. The machine is preferably provided with a vertical vane 6 centrally and rearwardly of the motor as shown most clearly in Figure 2, and a rudder 7 is hingedly mounted about a vertical axis at the rear'of the vane 6. Obviously a horizontal rudder could be added if desired.

The controls of the rudder have been omitted for the sake 'of clearness.

' The machine is provided with a plurality of impellers or air v'heels, these wheels comprising a central impeller 8 and two relatively smaller impellers 9 located on opposite i0 sides of the central impeller. The central impeller is mounted upon ahorizontal shaft 10 and the side impellers mounted u' on horizontal shafts 11, preferably out of a ignment of the shaft 10 as shown in Figure 2, the shaft 10 being'mounted in advance of the shafts 11. The impeller 8 is provided with asemicircular housing 12 which is rigidly carried by a sleeve 13 coaxial with the impeller shaft. This sleeve rigidly carries bevel gears 14 which mesh with both pinions 15 carried by vertical shaft 16. These vertical shafts are mounted in suitable brackets and are operatively connected by means of bevel gears with a horizontal control shaft 17. The control shaft is provided with any suitable type of manipulating member 18 such as a hand wheel for-instance as shown in Figure 1. I

It is to be noted that the housing or casing 12 for the impeller 8 covers substantially half of the impeller and leaves the other half exposed. This exposed half of the impeller acts upon the air and obviously the direction of the force due to such impeller may be varied by suitably tiltingthe housing 12 by manipulating the hand wheel 18.

Similarly the side impellers 9 are provided with similar semicircular housings 19. These housings are rigidly carried by sleeves 2 0 coaxial with the shaft 11 of the impellers 9. These sleeves are provided with bevelled gears 21 which mesh With bevelled pinions 22 carried by vertical shafts 23. These vertical shafts are operatively coupled to a horizontal shaft 24 by means of bevelled gears as shown in Figures 1 and 2. Each of the shafts is carried with suitable brackets as indicated in Figure 1. The shaft 24 is the control shaft for the side impeller casings and is'provided with a manipulating hand wheel 25.

From the construction thus far described it is apparent that the housings 19 for the side impellers move as a unit and are controlled in their setting by means of hand wheel 25. The housing 12 for the central or relatively large impeller is controlled in its setting by means of hand Wheel 18.-

The means for driving1 the impeller from the en ine will now be gine s aft 26 (see Figure 2 is provided with a pair of gears 27 whlch mesh wlth gears 28 carried by a jack shaft 29. This ack shaft may be a single shaft extending from one end of the mac it may be 2 distinct shafts. The engine shaft further carries a pair of sprocket wheels 30 (see Figure 1) which are connected by means of chains to s rocket wheels 31 carried by an upper jack s aft 32. This 110 escribed. The en- 10o ine to the other or jack shaft 32 is also provided with sprocket wheels 33 which are connected by means ofchains to sprocket wheels, 34 carried at opposite ends of the shaft of thecentral im peller 8.

The jack shaft 29 is provided with sprocket wheels 35 on opposite sides of the machine which are connected by means of chains to sprocket wheels 36'carried by the jack shafts 37. These jack shafts also carry sprocket wheels 38 which are connectedby means of chains to sprocket wheels 39 mounted upon the shafts of the side impellers 19. The driving mechanism thus described provides for a rotation of the side impellers in the same direction, and for the simultaneous reverse rotation of the central impeller, In operatiom'the' aviator starts the engine and causes the impellers to rotate as described. During rising, he sets the casings 19 of the side impellers and the casing 12 of the central impeller in the positions shown in Figure 2. This causes the force due to the-reaction of these impellers upon the air to act along lines extending I upwardly and out-- wardly in opposite direction from the im-, pellers and thus substantially balances the force with respect to the center of gravity of the machine. The machine will then rise upwardly the desired height.-

When it is desired to travel forwardly, the casings are shifted by means of hand wheels so as to cause an unbalancing in the, forces exerted by the impellers with a preponderance of force urging the machine forwardly and upwardly. This causes the machine to travel forwardly, the plane or wing 4t assisting in this action. 4

It is apparent that the casings may be so set that the machine will just hover or balance in the air and could be set to permit the slow settling downwardly of the machine.

From the description of this invention it is apparent that vthe casings may be set at any desired angle to cause the flying machine to operate in a novel manner heretofore considered impossible in this type of machine.

It will be seen further that the impellers not only provide forces for either partially or wholly balancing the weight of the machine depending upon the position of the menace mined as claimed.

I claim l. A flying machine comprising a central impeller and a pair of outer impellers, shafts for said impellers, sleeves mounted upon said shafts and carrying substantially semicircular housings covering approximatel half of heir respective impellers, a main 'rame work supporting said shafts, a motor mounted adjacent the lower portion of said framework and operatively connected to said central and outer impellers for rotating the outer impellers in one directionand the central impeller in the opposite direction, and

manually controlled mechanism operatively coupled to said sleeves for rotating said sleeves'to thereby alter the position of said housing. 2. A flying machine comprising a central l impeller and a pair of outer impellers,shafts for said impellers, sleeves mounted upon said shafts and carrying substantially semicircular houings covering approximately half of their repective impellers, a main frame work supporting said shafts, a motor mounted adjacent the lower portion of said frame work and operatively connected to said central and outer impellers for rotating the outer impellers in one direction and the central inspeller in the opposite direction, a manually controlled mechanism operatively coupled to said sleeves for rotating said sleeves to there- 'by alter the position of said housings, said manually controlled mechanisms having operating parts located adjacent the, lower portion of said frame work and said frame work having an upper plane mounted alcove said impellers.

In testimony that iiclaim the foregoing it have hereunto setnny hand at Milwaukee, in the county of M1lwaukee and State of Wis consin.

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